At two weeks old, Molly Ledoux had to be transferred from Lafayette to New Orleans via helicopter for emergency heart surgery. At the time, her heart was the size of a walnut.

For Aundre Bandoo and Jamie Daniel, a crisis came when their baby, at two days old, was diagnosed with a very serious heart ...

Tetralogy of Fallot accounts for about 10% of all congenital heart defects. Surgery is required to repair the defect in most individuals. The Blalock-Taussig shunt (subclavian artery surgically ...

Biventricular correction of tetralogy of Fallot was devised more than 50 years ago. Current short-term outcomes are excellent. The potential for late complications is, however, an important ...

Tetralogy of Fallot can happen to anyone and can’t be prevented, but family history is one risk factor. As for Amanda, her mother also was born with a congenital heart defect that put her more ...